The men's 500 metres speed skating competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy. The competition consisted of two separate 500 metre races, with the competitors ranked by their cumulative time from the two races.
Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
500 meters (1 race)
500 meters x 2 (2 races)
No new world or Olympic records were set during this competition.
Results
Race 1
Pair order
Skater with first inner lane listed first
Brock Miron, CAN (alone, first inner) Dmitry Lobkov, RUS – Sergey Kornilov, RUS Maciej Ustynowicz, POL – Vincent Labrie, CAN Choi Jae-bong, KOR – Aleksandr Zhigin, KAZ Janne Hänninen, FIN – Aleksey Proshin, RUS Artur Waś, POL – Erik Zachrisson, SWE Mika Poutala, FIN – Maurizio Carnino, ITA Zhuo Lu, CHN – Jan Bos, NED Dmitry Dorofeyev, RUS – Erben Wennemars, NED Li Yu, CHN – Pekka Koskela, FIN Ermanno Ioriatti, ITA – An Weijiang, CHN Yūya Oikawa, JPN – Simon Kuipers, NED Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN – Lee Kyou-hyuk, KOR Tucker Fredricks, USA – Keiichiro Nagashima, JPN Beorn Nijenhuis, NED – Kwon Sun Chun, KOR Joji Kato, JPN – Michael Ireland, CAN Joey Cheek, USA – Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN Casey FitzRandolph, USA – Yu Fengtong, CHN Kip Carpenter, USA – Lee Kang-seok, KOR
Fastest 100 m
The ten fastest times are listed
Race 2
Pair order
Skater with first inner lane listed first
Beorn Nijenhuis, NED (alone, last outer) Kwon Sun Chun, KOR – Li Yu, CHN Aleksandr Zhigin, KAZ – Artur Waś, POL Brock Miron, CAN – Vincent Labrie, CAN Maurizio Carnino, ITA – Kip Carpenter, USA Simon Kuipers, NED – Zhuo Lu, CHN Sergey Kornilov, RUS – Maciej Ustynowicz, POL Aleksey Proshin, RUS – Tucker Fredricks, USA An Weijiang, CHN – Mika Poutala, FIN Erik Zachrisson, SWE – Ermanno Ioriatti, ITA Lee Kyou-hyuk, KOR – Casey FitzRandolph, USA Jan Bos, NED – Hiroyasu Shimizu, JPN Choi Jae-bong, KOR – Keiichiro Nagashima, JPN Michael Ireland, CAN – Joji Kato, JPN Pekka Koskela, FIN – Janne Hänninen, FIN Erben Wennemars, NED – Dmitry Lobkov, RUS Yūya Oikawa, JPN – Yu Fengtong, CHN Jeremy Wotherspoon, CAN – Dmitry Dorofeyev, RUS Lee Kang-seok, KOR – Joey Cheek, USA